Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Concord, Cabarrus Co., North Carolina, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 425.29
Youngest recorded age at locality: 383.29

mindat Locality ID: 23426
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23426.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Concord, Cabarrus Co., North Carolina, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Bonds Gravel Pit
Cabarrus Quarry
Concord Intrusive Complex
Furniss Mine
Joel Reed Mine
Phoenix Mine (Vanderburg Mine; Miami Mine)
Royal Pearl Quarry
Snyder Mine

Latitude: 35°22'45"N
Longitude: 80°33'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.379166666667,-80.5575

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar
Malachite	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite
Spinel	Tetradymite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnesio-hastingsite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Opal ()*	Pargasite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Spinel ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Zircon ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Si Te Ti W Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar
Malachite Nickeline None Olivine Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite
Spinel Tetradymite Zircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	249790	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	249793	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			1	249790	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	249790	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	249791,249793	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	249793,249795	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			3	249791,249793,249795	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			4	249790,249791,249793,249795	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			3	249791,249793,249795	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	249790	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	249791,249793	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	249791,249793	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	249790,249791	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	249790	5433
Magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	249790	80
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			3	249790,249791,249795	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	249791,249795	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	249790	4924
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	425.29	383.29	0		2994
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	249790	313
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	249790	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			4	249790,249791,249793,249795	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	249790	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			4	249790,249791,249793,249795	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	249795	1711
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			2	249791,249793	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			3	249791,249793,249795	6417
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	249790	1934
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S			1	249793	510
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	249790	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	USGS-Rb-Sr-02397	425.29	383.29	404.29±21	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion		whole rock							100221	Royal Pearl Quarry, Concord, Cabarrus Co., North Carolina, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr		USGS-Rb-Sr

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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